18677. Adulteration of crab meat.   U. S. v. 1 Barrel   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
31359.    Sample No. 21650-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   May 25,1951, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about May 21,1951, by the Pascagoula Crab Co., from
Pascagoula, Miss. 
PRODUCT:   1 barrel, containing 46   1-pound cans, of crab meat at Chicago, Ill.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance since it was polluted with B. ooli, 
a micro-organism indicating the presence of fecal contamination; and, Section 
402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it 
may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: September 20, 1951. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.